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Western Digital Blue SN5100 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 7,100 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 600 TBW
64 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong endurance (83rd percentile) 83rd
- Strong user sentiment (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average affordability (0th percentile)
- Below average social proof (35th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
88/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 5 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7100 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 6700 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 600 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital Blue SN5100 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T710 | Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,100 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | false | true |
| Endurance | 600 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 5050 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital Blue SN5100 | 87.1 | 61.8 | 53.2 | 55.3 | 78.8 | 82.7 | 34.7 | 0 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 0 | 85.7 | 99.6 | 5.2 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.5 | 99 | 90.9 | 92.5 | 0 | 93.4 | 87.1 | 6.8 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.1 | 99.1 | 85.5 | 92.5 | 0 | 85.7 | 77.4 | 11.3 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 Compare | 92.8 | 96.8 | 78.3 | 92.5 | 0 | 95.5 | 77.4 | 7.1 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.5 | 98 | 0 | 80.6 | 45.1 | 3.3 |
Usage Scores
- Overall64.4
- Budget40.2
- Gaming60.2
- Laptop59.3
- Console57.5
- Portable15.1
- Workstation64
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